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    Songs of Kabir

    By Rabindranath Tagore

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    The poet Kabîr is one of the most interesting personalities in the history of Indian mysticism. A great religious reformer, the founder of a sect to which nearly a million northern Hindus still belong, it is yet supremely as a mystical poet that Kabîr lives for us. A beautiful legend tells us that after his death his Mohammedan and Hindu disciples disputed the possession of his body; which the Mohammedans wished to bury, the Hindus to burn. As they argued together, Kabîr appeared before them, and told them to lift the shroud and look at that which lay beneath. They did so, and found in the place of the corpse a heap of flowers; half of which were buried by the Mohammedans at Maghar, and half carried by the Hindus to the holy city of Benares to be burned.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateJul 4, 2014
    ISBN9781633841062
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    Rabindranath Tagore

    Rabindranath Tagore, India's most well-known poet and litterateur and arguably the finest Bengali poet ever, reshaped Bengali literature and music. He became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.Gulzar, an acclaimed film-maker, lyricist and author, he is the recipient of a number of Filmfare and National Awards, the Oscar for Best Lyricist and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

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      Songs of Kabir - Rabindranath Tagore

      SONGS OF KABÎR

      By Rabindranath Tagore

      Introduction by Evelyn Underhill

      A&D Books

      Copyright © 2014 A&D Books

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      First Edition

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Kabir’s Poems

      I: I. 13. mo ko kahân dhûnro bande

      II: I. 16. Santan jât na pûcho nirguniyân

      III: I. 57. sâdho bhâî, jîval hî karo âs’â

      IV: I. 58. bâgo nâ jâ re nâ jâ

      V: I. 63. avadhû, mâyâ tajî na jây

      VI: I. 83. candâ jhalkai yahi ghat mâhîn

      VII: I. 85. Sâdho, Brahm alakh lakhâyâ

      VIII: I. 101. is ghat antar bâg bagîce

      IX: I. 104. aisâ lo nahîn taisâ lo

      X: I. 121. tohi mori lagan lagâye re phakîr wâ

      XI: I. 131. nis’ din khelat rahî sakhiyân sang

      XII: II. 24. hamsâ, kaho purâtan vât

      XIII: II. 37. angadhiyâ devâ

      XIV: II. 56. dariyâ kî lahar dariyâo hai jî

      XV: II. 57. jânh khelat vasant riturâj

      XVI: II. 59. jânh, cet acet khambh dôû

      XVII: II. 61. grah candra tapan jot varat hai

      XVIII: II. 77. maddh âkas’ âp jahân baithe

      XIX: II. 20. paramâtam guru nikat virâjatn

      XX: II. 22. man tu pâr utar kânh jaiho

      XXI: II. 33. ghar ghar dîpak barai

      XXII: II. 38. Sâdho, so satgur mohi bhâwai

      XXIII: II. 40. tinwir sâñjh kâ gahirâ âwai

      XXIV: II. 48. jis se rahani apâr jagat men

      XXV: II. 45. Hari ne apnâ âp chipâyâ

      XXVI: II. 75. ônkâr siwae kôî sirjai

      XXVII: II. 81. satgur sôî dayâ kar dînhâ

      XXVIII: II. 85. nirgun âge sargun nâcai

      XXIX: II. 87. Kabîr kab se bhaye vairâgî

      XXX: II. 95. yâ tarvar men ek pakherû

      XXXI: II. 100. nis` din sâlai ghâw

      XXXII: II. 103. nâco re mero man, matta hoy

      XXXIII: II. 105. man mast huâ tab kyon bole

      XXXIV: II. 110. mohi tohi lâgî kaise chute

      XXXV: II. 113. vâlam, âwo hamâre geh re

      XXXVI: II. 126. jâg piyârî, ab kân sowai

      XXXVII: I. 36. sûr parkâs’, tanh rain kahân pâïye

      XXXVIII: I. 50. bhram kâ tâlâ lagâ mahal re

      XXXIX: I. 59. sâdho, yah tan thâth tanvure ka

      XL: I. 65. avadhû bhûle ko ghar lâwe

      XLI: I. 76. santo, sahaj samâdh bhalî

      XLII: I. 79. tîrath men to sab pânî hai

      XLIII: I. 82. pânî vic mîn piyâsî

      XLIV: I. 93. gagan math gaib nisân gade

      XLV: I. 97. sâdho, ko hai kânh se âyo

      XLVI: I. 98. sâdho, sahajai kâyâ s’odho

      XLVII: I. 102. tarvar ek mûl vin thâdâ

      XLVIII: I. 107. calat mansâ acal kînhî

      XLIX: I. 105. jo dîsai, so to hai nâhîn

      L: I. 126. muralî bajat akhand sadâye

      LI: I. 129. sakhiyo, ham hûn bhâî vâlamâs’î

      LII: I. 130. sâîn vin dard kareje hoy

      LIII: I. 122. kaum muralî s’abd s’un ânand bhayo

      LIV: I. 112. s’untâ nahî dhun kî khabar

      LV: I. 73. bhakti kâ mârag jhînâ re

      LVI: I. 68. bhâi kôî satguru sant kahâwaî

      LVII: I. 66. sâdho, s’abd sâdhnâ kîjai

      LVIII: I. 63. pîle pyâlâ, ho matwâlâ

      LIX: I. 52. khasm na cînhai bâwari

      LX: I. 56. sukh sindh kî sair kâ

      LXI: I. 48. sukh sâgar men âîke

      LXII: I. 35. satî ko kaun s’ikhâwtâ hai

      LXIII: I. 39. are man, dhîraj kâhe na dharai

      LXIV: I. 117. sâîn se lagan kathin hai, bhâî

      LXV: I. 22. jab main bhûlâ, re bhâî

      LXVI: I. 20. man na rangâye

      LXVII: I. 9. nâ jâne sâhab kaisâ hai

      LXVIII: III. 102. ham se rahâ na jây

      LXIX: III. 2. jo khodâ masjid vasat hai

      LXX: III. 9. s’îl santosh sadâ samadrishti

      LXXI: III. 13. sâdh sangat pîtam

      LXXII: III. 26. tor hîrâ hirâilwâ kîcad men

      LXXIII: III. 26. âyau din gaune kâ ho

      LXXIV: III. 30. are dil, prem nagar kä ant na pâyâ

      LXXV: III. 55. ved kahe sargun ke âge

      LXXVI: III. 48. tû surat nain nihâr

      LXXVII: III. 60. cal hamsâ wâ des’ jahân

      LXXVIII: III. 63. kahain Kabîr, s’uno ho sâdho

      LXXIX: III. 66. nâ main dharmî nahîn adharmî

      LXXX: III. 69. satta nâm hai sab ten nyârâ

      LXXXI: III. 74. pratham ek jo âpai âp

      LXXXII: III. 76. kahain Kabîr vicâr ke

      LXXXIII: III. 84. jhî jhî jantar bâjai

      LXXXIV: III. 89. mor phakîrwâ mângi jây

      LXXXV: III. 90. naihar se jiyarâ phât re

      LXXXVI: III. 96. jîv mahal men S’iv pahunwâ

      LXXXVII: I. 71. gagan ghatâ ghaharânî, sâdho

      LXXXVIII: III. 118. âj din ke main jaun balihârî

      LXXXIX: I. 100. kôi s’untâ hai jñânî râg gagan men

      XC: I. 108. main kâ se bûjhaun

      XCI: III. 12. samskirit bhâshâ padhi lînhâ

      XCII: III. 110. carkhâ calai surat virahin kâ

      XCIII: III. 111. kotîn bhânu candra târâgan

      XCIV: I. 92. avadhû begam des’ hamârâ

      XCV: I. 109. sâîn ke sangat sâsur âî

      XCVI: I. 75. samajh dekh man mît piyarwâ

      XCVII: II. 90. sâhab ham men, sâhab tum men

      XCVIII: II. 98. ritu phâgun niyarânî

      XCIX: II. 111. Nârad, pyâr so antar nâhî

      C: II. 122. kôî prem kî peng jhulâo re

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